It is GOD who BLESSES and TRANSFORMS...
This is a blog for women (not just moms) who:
(1) Desire to be transformed by JESUS' LOVE, HOLINESS, AND GRACE;
(2) Believe that GOD'S WORD is the true Spirit food for HIS HOLY SPIRIT who lives within us;
(3) Submit to GOD and walk this journey of life with HIM transforming us more and more into HIS likeness.
It's a blog about the POWER OF TRANSFORMED LIVES. Let's begin with yours and mine and pass it on... 1 + 1 + 1...
Since GOD's HOLY SPIRIT lives inside a christian, let's choose to be nurtured and transformed by feasting daily on HOLY SPIRIT food - GOD's WORD - The Holy Bible..
My regular posts stopped in 2013, with a major move and the chronic illness and eventual death of our oldest daughter. Yes, we grieve daily, yet I am determined to continue to let the LIGHT of my LORD and SAVIOR shine through me. I have tried to start posting again, over the last few years, but have not been consistent. So, I think the biggest blessing for you and me both will be to intersperse some new posts while revisiting some of the former posts. Let's begin with "Oh, the JOY!" as we head into living through Fall 2019; meeting back here 1-2 days a week.
If you need daily encouragement, you will find plenty by clicky on past posts. When reading earlier posts, you will see that I often posted daily, following this format: ...Sunday in the SON, Meditation Monday, GratiTuesday, Women in the WORD Wednesday, Transforming Thursday, Family Fellowship Friday, Ketchup & Mustard Saturday.
There's a whole lot here! Take your time to browse.
Please come back and visit each week. Welcome!
Because of JESUS, we can be family,
Patti
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN - MEDITATION MONDAY
Today is IRS day or "tax day" in the USA. Many of us mourn the thought of having to pay additional taxes. Yet, today, this blog post is about a type of "Mourning" that Jesus says is a blessing.
The Bible is full of explanations about sin and the need to confess our sin and repent. When I think of the apostle Paul, I think of his passionate desire to teach others how to live a Christ-like life. In his letter to christians at Corinth, Paul was trying to get them to live out their lives like the life of Jesus:
Today, join me in spending time considering Jesus' words in connection with Paul's words:
- Jesus said in Matthew 5: "BLESSED are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."
- Paul said these words to the christians, in Corinth, in 2 Corinthians 12:
"All this time you have been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you. Actually, it is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ; and all for your upbuilding, beloved. 20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be
- strife,
- jealousy,
- angry tempers,
- disputes,
- slanders,
- gossip,
- arrogance,
- disturbances;
21 I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, immorality and sensuality which they have practiced."
CHOOSE JESUS! CHOOSE TO MOURN OVER YOUR SIN AND REPENT!
BLESSED! OH, THE JOY!
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